Malta: Recent Developments in the Field of Secondary Education in Malta

Abstract

When, in 1970, the government introduced secondary education for all on a selective basis by keeping the traditional grammar and secondary technical schools and introducing new general secondary schools, the main current of enlightened opinion, including that of the Malta Union of Teachers, was against selectivity. Dr. John Cameron of the University of London Institute of Education, who, as a Unesco expert, planned the reform, himself had stated that the introduction of a selective system of secondary education for all was a temporary measure which should lead to the introduction of non-selective comprehensive secondary education for all. This system was introduced in 1972.